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Table 1 Counts of S. Enteritidis in liver, spleen and caecum 5 days post oral infection.

From: Influence of 5 major Salmonella pathogenicity islands on NK cell depletion in mice infected with Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis

 

liver

spleen

caecum

 

(log CFU/g of tissue)

wt

4.97 ± 2.22

5.52 ± 2.47

4.19 ± 2.49

ΔSPI1

5.10 ± 1.12

5.79 ± 1.07

4.18 ± 1.15

ΔSPI2

0.25 ± 0.43*

0.56 ± 0.50*

2.05 ± 1.49

ΔSPI3

5.13 ± 0.19

6.19 ± 0.36

3.79 ± 0.02

ΔSPI4

4.83 ± 1.42

5.60 ± 1.36

2.97 ± 1.75

ΔSPI5

3.52 ± 1.79

4.29 ± 2.32

2.90 ± 1.40

SPI1o

0.33 ± 0.47*

0.33 ± 0.47*

2.20 ± 1.59

SPI2o

5.29 ± 0.87

5.82 ± 1.07

3.76 ± 0.77

SPI3o

0.00 ± 0.00*

0.00 ± 0.00*

0.33 ± 0.47*

SPI4o

0.00 ± 0.00*

0.00 ± 0.00*

1.68 ± 2.38

SPI5o

0.00 ± 0.00*

0.00 ± 0.00*

1.07 ± 1.51*

ΔSPI1-5

0.00 ± 0.00*

0.00 ± 0.00*

1.06 ± 1.50*

  1. * T-test different at P < 0.01 from the mice infected with the wild type S. Enteritidis